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The revenue picture at telecom giant Telus is shaping up better than expected due to its strong wireless division that's powered by smartphones, the company said Friday after reporting a higher second-quarter profit.
Telus (TSX:T) said it's raising its revenue forecast by $50 million to between $10.75 billion and $11.05 billion for fiscal 2012.
"If you look across our wireless business, there really isn't one indicator that isn't firing on all cylinders across the board," said Joe Natale, chief commercial officer.
"We continue to add customers — customers that want smartphones," Natale said in an interview.
The Vancouver company's wireless business operates under the Telus and Koodo brands and had 112,000 net new postpaid subscribers in the quarter, up 22 per cent from the same quarter last year. These customers are generally on lucrative three-year contracts for iPhone, BlackBerry and Android smartphones and are a key measure of how a telecom company's wireless division is performing.
Telus said 59 per cent of its postpaid subscribers are now using smartphones, up from 42 per cent in the same quarter last year.
By comparison, Rogers (TSX:RCI.B) added 87,000 postpaid net subscribers in its second quarter. Smartphones users are now 63 per cent of Rogers' postpaid subscriber base.
Chief executive officer Darren Entwistle also noted how the wireless division helped improve the company's financial forecast.
"Based on our first-half results and our positive outlook for the remainder of the year, I am pleased that we're able to increase the full year 2012 consolidated guidance range for revenue and EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) driven by our excellent wireless results," Entwistle said during a conference call.
Telus is also expecting double-digit free cash flow growth of 20 to 35 per cent this year, Entwistle told analysts. However, the company's earnings per share forecast for the year remain unchanged at $3.75 to $4.15.
The Vancouver-based telecom company had a second-quarter net income of $328 million, up 1.2 per cent from the same time last year. Earnings per share rose to $1.01 from 99 cents.
For the quarter, Telus had $2.7 billion in revenue during the second quarter, a four per cent increase over the same time last year.
Analyst estimates compiled by Thomson Reuters pegged earnings per share at $1 of net income and $1.01 per share on an adjusted basis. Revenue was expected to come in at $2.67 billion.
Telus said it added 43,000 new TV customers in the quarter, bringing its total TV subscribers to almost 600,000. It added 20,000 new high-speed Internet customers, for a total of 1.28 million subscribers.
RBC Capital Markets analyst Drew McReynolds said Telus's second-quarter results were "delivering on high expectations."
The second-quarter results were largely in line with expectations and McReynolds noted that 2012 financial guidance was raised.
"While capital expenditure was also increased by $100 million (or by six per cent), this revision reflects solid momentum within wireless ...," he said in a research note.
Telus is in a battle with U.S. hedge fund Mason Capital Management over its plan to eliminate its two classes of shares and convert into one class of common voting shares, which Mason opposes.
On Thursday, the dissident investor called a special meeting for those holding voting shares to vote to establish a minimum premium of 4.75 per cent which represents the historic average trading premium of the voting shares over the non-voting shares. Telus reaffirmed its commitment to a "one-for-one" conversion.
Mason Capital bought up almost 20 per cent of Telus after the Vancouver telecom company announced it would hold a shareholder vote on converting its non-voting shares into a common class of voting shares.
The hedge fund also shorted the company's non-voting shares, which historically traded for less than the voting shares but rose in anticipation of the conversion. Short sellers make a profit when the stock price falls.
Telus was forced to withdraw its share consolidation proposal after acknowledging that Mason Capital would have defeated the plan in a shareholder vote in May.
Both Mason and new wireless competitor Globalive have questioned whether foreign ownership in Telus exceeds the allowable 33.3 per cent. Chief financial officer Robert McFarlane said Telus wants the CRTC to dismiss Globalive's complaint about foreign ownership levels.
"Telus continues to be fully compliant with Canada's foreign ownership restrictions," he said.
As of the end of June, 32.59 per cent of Telus was foreign owned and this includes Mason Capital's stake, he added.
McFarlane said Mason Capital's complaint about Telus's foreign ownership level is simply a way to "frustrate" attempts to have one class of shares.
Shares in Telus were up 67 cents, or 1.6 per cent, to $63.67 in afternoon morning trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.


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Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) was the acknowledged leader of the Austrian School of economic thought, a prodigious originator in economic theory, and a prolific author. Mises' writings and lectures encompassed economic theory, history, epistemology, government, and political philosophy. His contributions to economic theory include important clarifications on the quantity theory of money, the theory of the trade cycle, the integration of monetary theory with economic theory in general, and a demonstration that socialism must fail because it cannot solve the problem of economic calculation. Mises was the first scholar to recognize that economics is part of a larger science in human action, a science which Mises called "praxeology". He taught at the University of Vienna and later at New York University. Mises wrote many works on two related economic themes: 1. monetary economics, inflation, and the role of government, and 2. the differences between government-controlled economies and free trade. His influential work on economic freedoms, their causes and consequences, brought him to highlight the interrelationships between economic and non-economic freedoms in societies, and the appropriate role for government.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is looking for landowners in southeast Colorado to lease access for the 2013 hunting seasons as the Big Game Access Program (BGAP) will continue for a seventh year.
The pilot focuses on deer and pronghorn hunting in southeast Colorado on private lands in the following Game Management Units: 116, 117, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, and 127. This seventh year will continue within the same GMU's.
The CPW will pay landowners to allow big game hunting access on their property — similar to existing programs that allow access to hunt small game and upland birds.
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Landowners whose properties meet BGAP requirements will receive payment for allowing hunters onto their land. Payments to the landowner will range from 25-cents per acre up to a maximum of $3 per acre depending on the size of the property, type of the habitat, and number of day's access is allowed.
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The access stamp will apply to Pronghorn and Deer hunting only. Any other hunting on the lands enrolled in this program, such as small game, is at the discretion of the landowner with permission only.
Basic information on GMU's, locations, and ranches enrolled will be posted on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Web site at http://bit.ly/WTQpG7 prior to the big game license application deadline. Maps of enrolled properties will be available on the internet as soon as possible after enrollment is completed. Landowner applications may also be downloaded from the same site.
For more information or to obtain an application to enroll your land, please contact the CPW office in Lamar at 719-336-6600. Send written correspondence to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Attn: BGAP, 2500 South Main St., Lamar, CO 81052.


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Urban Assault Vehicles, Brabus Hybrids and More!
This year's gathering of the pocket-protected Society of Automotive Engineers proved to be quite the auto show, with more four-wheeled hardware parked on cheap carpeting than this 20-year veteran of the event can recall. There was also a bumper crop of attempts at better-mousetrap-making on the internal-combustion engine front as well. Holster your calculators and let's dive in.
TARDEC FED-Bravo Concept
What if the Urban Assault Vehicle Bill Murray's rag-tag team of Army trainees used in the movie Stripes had been based not on a lowly GMC motorhome, but on a Lambo LM002? It might have ended up looking like this crisply folded, heavily armored, low-consumption hybrid HMMWV-replacement concept developed by suburban Detroit's U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). Styling is by the students of Detroit's College for Creative Studies, and the engineering target was the mobility of a Hummer with modern IED-resistant blast protection and hybridization to reduce fuel consumption, and hence the exposure of military personnel dedicated to fuel delivery.
The so-called FED-Bravo (Fuel-Efficient ground-vehicle Demonstrator, model B) features a road-coupled hybrid drive system that starts with a Ford-designed 4.4-liter turbodiesel V-8 that got sold to Tata and is now found primarily under Land Rover hoods in other markets. Tuned to produce 268 hp and near 500 lb-ft, of torque with auto-stop-start (courtesy of a 67-hp starter/generator), it powers the rear wheels through a six-speed Allison 2550 SP automatic, while the front wheels are powered by a UQM-supplied 194-hp electric motor and two-speed gearbox. The A123 prismatic lithium-ion battery pack stores 22.5 kilowatt-hours.
Using reduction-gear hubs like the HUMMER H1, it can do most anything that vehicle can, including climb an 18-inch high step and travel at a top speed of 80 mph. Its V-hull steel passenger cell is fully armored (frag-kit 5, for those in the know) with 1.4-inch thick glazing (the windshields pop out for egress if necessary). The rest of the chassis is a bespoke spaceframe design with carbon-fiber skin to keep weight down to, ahem 'only' 13,500 pounds. Ride height adjusts pneumatically between three positions, and the rack-and-pinion steering and brakes are electro-hydraulically assisted. Speaking of braking, Brembo carbon-ceramic discs do the job chomped by aluminum low-drag calipers. And the giant 335/65R22.5 Goodyears incorporate Fuel Max technology.
Accommodation for four looks tight but at least occupants ride in Jankel BLASTech blast-mitigating seats. The useful cargo-area looks smaller than that of a HUMMER H2, but hybridization and the weight savings to offset it give the brutally capable vehicle the fuel economy of a light truck (11-12 mpg on military test cycles, up from the HMWWV's 4-4.2 mpg). Better still, its electrical system can 'export' 6 kW of power to run a forward operating base in hostile territory like Afghanistan. There are no plans yet to produce the FED-Bravo.
Protean Electric's Brabus Tuner Taxi
When we heard noted German tuner Brabus was collaborating on a hybrid Mercedes E-Class hybrid, our mouths started watering for AMG-like performance with a green edge. Well, that's not quite the design brief. The genesis of this program was a desire to quickly and affordably electrify the Taxi fleets of some major German cities like Berlin, which rely on turbodiesel Mercedes E220 CDIs the way Yank cities have relied on the Crown Vic. The solution chosen to minimize the tear-up to the existing vehicle fleet uses in-wheel motors that incorporate power electronics and a replacement friction brake disc and simply mount to the existing suspension uprights with high-voltage positive and negative cables and a control wire connecting to the battery and controller that package in the existing spare-tire well.
Protean Electric, based in Troy Michigan with an engineering center in the UK produces the motors, which produce a peak output of 110 hp and 590 lb-ft of torque -- each! The lithium-ion battery stores 14.6 kW-hrs, which provides a 50 mile EV-only range on the European NEDC cycle. The battery pack weighs 220 lbs, and each motor adds another 68 unsprung pounds, but applications manager Andrew Whitehead swears that subtle tuning of the suspension (bushings and shock damping mostly, plus spring rates for the battery mass) can tune away nearly all perceptible ill effects of this added unsprung mass--especially when it's applied to the non-steered wheels as in this instance. He also points to a Lotus Engineering study on the subject, which added a similar unsprung mass to a Ford Focus and measured results before and after suspension tuning, noting only a very small difference in feel.
The wheel motors require an 18-inch wheel for clearance, and that's probably what the taxis would get, but the Brabus folks couldn't resist fitting 19s wrapped in 245/35 Pirelli P Zeros. The concept also gets rocker extensions, custom front fascia, and Brabus illuminated sill plates. Acceleration times drop from the stock E220 CDI's 9.2 seconds to 62 mph to just 7.4 seconds with the engine and motors both pulling. Whitehead claims that with a volume order of 1000 or more, the installation price would be $15-20,000 (the motors themselves are targeted to cost $1500 each). Installation is fairly straightforward, as the entire system merely taps into the car's CAN data bus to receive acceleration braking, and safety systems data. Studies performed for a London Cab fleet suggested payback of the upfront costs in about four years.
Tata eMO
Plenty of experts have weighed in predicting tiny sales penetration for pure EVs for the foreseeable future, but what if you could buy a brand new electric commuter car for $20,000 -- before incentives? That's $12,500 or $7000 after tax breaks. Tata Engineering, a separate consultancy like those at Lotus and Porsche, has designed, packaged, and done preliminary computer crash testing and cost analysis of a design it says a manufacturer could bring to market at that price. It's even kind of cool looking.
Cost saving innovations include a fixed one-piece polycarbonate backlight/tail lamp assembly, use of two small electric motors to avoid the need for a differential, and limitation of the top speed to just 65 mph. In lieu of a hatch, rear-hinged rear doors open up, and the seat bottoms fold up like a Honda Fit's to provide easy access from either side to a large area on the rear seat floor for cargo. The 18-kW-hr battery holds the front seats up off the floor in another brilliant packaging play. Its range is said to be 100 miles. Here's hoping someone picks up this idea!
Kia Ray EV
Engineers are drawn to unfamiliar cars like designers to minimalist black apparel, so Kia rolled this electric version of its domestic-market city car into the spotlight in Detroit. No plans were announced to bring the car stateside. Still, it's a fun little thing to look at. Size-wise it's 5.1 inches shorter in length and 3.8 inches narrower than a MINI Cooper, but at 67.3 inches it stands taller than most small SUVs. Its 16.4-kW-hr lithium-polymer battery pack contributes mightily to a 412-pound weight gain relative to the gas model. Range is 86 miles, and the 67-hp/123-lb-ft motor whirrs it up to 62 mph in 15.9 seconds on route to an 81-mph top speed. A virtual engine sound system (VESS) plays gas-engine noises to warn blind or inattentive bystanders of the Ray EV's approach at speeds below 12 mph. Some 2500 Ray EVs are expected to be built in 2012 for use primarily by government agencies in the study of EV usefulness in Korea.
Oddball Engines
It wouldn't be SAE if a bunch of Rube Goldbergs weren't trying to peddle ideas for how to build a better mousetrap, engine-wise. Most of these guys were conveniently ganged in one aisle set aside for Industry Innovators. Perhaps the wildest one hailed from a pop-n-sons outfit in Red Oak, Texas. Despite operating on a shoe-string budget with no investors, the team has managed to build a prototype that has run. The Doyle Rotary adapts the old concept of the rotary radial airplane engines like the WWI Gnome in which the pistons and cylinders rotate about a stationary crankshaft, and updates it with a Scuderi-like split-cycle twist. Here the pistons face in and the connecting rods attach to the outer rotating housing, while the stationary central hub handles all the intake and exhaust porting and the combustion events. The split-cycle aspect has half of the cylinders handling intake and compression only (hence remaining cooler for knock prevention) and delivering their high-pressure air to the central combustion chamber, where fuel is injected and a spark plug ignites it. There's no further compression at this point (as there is in conventional engines with spark timing before the piston reaches top-dead-center), so there's less of a temperature and pressure spike, which means engine-out NOx levels should be lower. The gasses are allowed to expand all the way to bottom-dead-center, extracting more work and hence releasing less waste heat out with the exhaust. The eccentricity between the stationary hub and the rotating cylinders is what provides the pistons their stroke, and inventor Lonny Doyle claims that in his 4.3-liter 12-cylinder prototype, the aluminum outer rim, cylinder block, connecting rods and pistons (Chevy Cobalt parts) -- the rotating mass -- is just 65 pounds -- considerably less than with a stationary-block engine of similar size, so there should be no gyro effect (as there was with the Gnome engines). With no cams or valvetrain (simple Mazda RX-8 apex and corner seals are used), the parts count, assembly cost, and maintenance is expected to be considerably lower. The packaging volume for a given output is more compact -- a 2.3-liter is considerably smaller than a pony keg of beer and estimated at 185 pounds lighter than a 2.3-liter I-4. There are vastly fewer moving parts, and because centrifugal force slings all the lubricating oil to the outer hub where it's easily scavenged, windage losses are negligible. Of course, those apex seals need oil that ends up getting burned, which can cause hydrocarbon emissions problems, and cooling the always-hot combustion/exhaust pistons presents a challenge. Still, we hope Mr. Doyle finds enough investment capital to continue development of this intriguing concept. Visit www.doylerotary.com to watch video animations that make the concept clearer.
Pinnacle Engines offers another mash-up of interesting ideas: opposed pistons in a common cylinder and sleeve-valves. Here, each piston slides back and forth in a steel cylinder liner that is also moving back and forth to uncover either the intake or exhaust port. Advantages include the lack of a costly cylinder head, the ability to run high compression ratios with quick burning with later firing and hence less of a NOx-inducing pressure spike and less energy dumped out the exhaust. Oil control was always an issue with the old Knight sleeve-valve engines, but here we're assured that modern materials forming a seal just like that on a typical valve stem (though larger in diameter than the cylinder) do the job. Cooling might be a bigger issue once the concept gets scaled up from the initial 110cc single-cylinder scooter engine currently slated for production in an unnamed Asian scooter in 2013. That engine makes just 10 hp (though burns 30 percent less fuel than the single it replaces), and gets by with simple oil cooling. A typical water jacket would appear to be impossible, so let's hope the amount of exhaust heat stays low in the 3-cylinder 1.2-liter automotive application. The outer crankshafts are geared to the cam shafts and to the central power takeoff, and one intriguing concept being explored is variable compression ratio achieved by employing simple cam-phaser technology on one of the crankshafts to permit lower compression during periods of high turbo boost, though here one has to wonder how much torque the typical oil-pressure-regulated cam phaser can withstand, and the cooling challenge would appear to be greater. For more, check out www.pinnacle-engines.com.
The folks at Grail Engine Technologies are taking another run at building a clean two-stroke, and their secret formula is an intake valve located in the piston (another idea pioneered by the above mentioned Gnome engine). The idea is pretty simple: Inside the piston skirt are two chambers fixed to the crankcase in such a way as to create vacuum when the piston moves upward, sucking air in through a one-way reed valve. As the piston comes back down, the reed valves close and the air is compressed (to about 15 psi). Just as it reaches bottom dead center, this air pressure forces the intake valve in the piston to open. Simultaneously, the cam-actuated single large exhaust valve in the top of the cylinder opens briefly so this pressurized intake air can enter (via swirl ports) and force the spent gasses out. Both valves close about half-way up, the intake charge is compressed, fuel is direct injected at 40-70 psi using Synergect air-assist injectors (developed with Orbital and currently used in two-stroke scooters and boat engines), and ignited by three Pulstar spark plugs. The crankcase oil never mixes with the intake air, air-cooling of the piston is beneficial, as is the direct, straight-through airflow. The pressurized intake air, short compression and long expansion stroke give a Miller Cycle aspect to the engine, but homogeneous-charge/compression-ignition (HCCI) is also available, thanks to the cooler piston and better control of temperature. Based on studies conducted on a prototype engine by A&D Technology in Ann Arbor, MI a 500cc engine is expected to produce 100 hp and 65 lb-ft of torque. Engine-out emissions are claimed to be near compliance with today's standards without a catalyst, and company officials also hinted that with 55-60 percent thermal efficiency, a radiator may not even be necessary. Sounds too good to be true, but we'll keep an eye on these guys. www.grailengine.com.
They don't quite qualify as oddballs, but FEV showed three interesting reinterpretations of the conventional four-stroke piston engine. One is a tiny V-2 engine, laid down flat to fit beneath the cargo floor of a Fiat 500, serving as a range-extender. To quell vibration while minimizing package size and weight, all counterbalancing masses are integrated into rotating accessories like the alternator and pumps. The result is tiny and weighs just 132 pounds installed. This research was carried out for global Tier I supplier KSPG Automotive, which hopes to break the paradigm of home-grown engines and supply this range-extender as a supplied component. FEV takes another stab at variable compression ratio -- a holy grail for extreme turbocharging, flex-fuel optimization, HCCI, etc. The trick this time is an eccentric piston wrist-pin that can raise or lower the piston relative to the crank. A 2mm height difference can alter compression by as much as 8.8-12.0:1. The eccentric is moved using oil pressure supplied through the crankshaft. A pin near the bottom of the crank throw sends pressure to one side or the other of a piston that cranks that eccentric. A stationary actuator in the oil sump moves this pin as the crank passes by enabling step changes (not infinitely variable) between one ratio and the other. Development is underway on both gas and diesel engines incorporating this feature. Finally, FEV showed an outboard marine application of GM's mighty supercharged small-block LSA engine (from the Cadillac CTS-V), giving Seven Marine the most powerful (557 hp) outboard on the market. Most outboards orient the crankshaft vertically, and it's tricky to get an automotive engine to stand on its head. But a unique solution of transferring the horizontal crankshaft twist to parallel vertical shafts makes it work here.
Other Cool Stuff
Controlled Power Technologies showed an exhaust gas energy recovery turbine system that functions at ultra high speeds (80,000 rpm) to minimize back pressure while extracting electric -- not pneumatic -- energy from the spent exhaust gasses. The idea is that sophisticated control strategies would coordinate with variable valve timing and other systems to extract energy when it wasn't needed for acceleration, store it to a battery for later use, then either apply it to the crankshaft (mild hybrid application) or use it to run an on-demand electric supercharger. The technology competes with thermoelectric waste-heat generators, and is said to be capable of higher (4 kW) transient power delivery at lower cost.
Comfort Motion Technologies showed off its Vehicle Seat Multi-Position Software Technology -- a simple software solution that can enhance the long-haul comfort of any memory-controlled power seat, with the greatest benefit accruing to seats with the most degrees of adjustment. Capitalizing on research conducted with Rose Hulman Institute of Technology that suggests lower back pain, fatigue, and even drowsiness can be reduced by periodic subtle motions of the seat bottom, backrest, lumbar, etc. In subjective testing, participants reported a 50 percent improvement in comfort but demonstrated much greater levels of alertness as well. Three OEM automakers are reportedly working with CMT toward implementation of this technology.


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Shout out to Valvatorez. I played Disgaea 4 only last year and greatly enjoyed it. It was the first Disgaea game I have played.
I'm always glad when someone recognizes my name from Disgaea I didn't care much for Disgaea 4's story, but I liked most of the characters and always liked the gameplay. Disgaea D2 is probably the best gameplay wise and makes things a bit more easier and less tedious, so maybe you could try that too if you haven't already. I think all of them are eventually coming out for pc, I know Disgaea 2 is coming within the next 2 weeks and 1 has been out for over a year.
The game both of you have described actually does seem interesting, but I've played some "H" games that were absolutely terrible, but always looking for some kinda game that has lots of replayability so might check that out. Also I like your Chen Gong avatar, I think he may have surprisingly been my favorite character from the tv series.


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It was recently reported that Adele has had the longest running top ranked UK record in the billboard charts for 20 years. As her international success continues to intensify, she has picked up two Brit Awards, Six Grammies, and is now gracing the cover of US Vogue's March edition.
Karl Lagerfeld Insults Adele
It was only last month that fashion guru Karl Lagerfeld set the media world on fire with his comment on Adele being "a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice." He later had to publicly apologise, explaining that his words had been taken out of context, and that he was her biggest fan. Nevertheless, in response to Lagerfeld, Adele stated, "I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that."
Adele's New Hollywood Look
As a strong role model with her own sense of self and style, it's therefore rightly so that Vogue has chosen to celebrate Adele. Adele's style trends towards old-fashioned and radiates a vintage feel. She keeps her makeup simple, and always sticks to shapes which suit her rather than adhering to the latest fad. It also appears that ever since she's made it in America, her style exudes an essence of Hollywood glamour.
Thank You Anna Wintour
Adele's style has come a long way since she first began her music career, where she often opted for baggy clothes and flat shoes. Adele believes that her style overhaul is credited to Anna Wintour who styled her for the 2009 Grammy awards. Anna also introduced her to Barbara Tfank who designed Adele's dress for the Grammy awards, and who has continued to create pieces for her ever since.
Thanks to Anna, Adele can now walk in heels!
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Review of Apocalypse Bear Trilogy, MTC
Young people characters in popular culture tend to suffer one of two fates. The first, which we've seen since the fifties and perpetuated into the new millennium by the Disney Channel and High School Musical, is the glowing, effervescent, mostly-white, asexual charmer whose smile is so severe it threatens to pierce their unfathomably rosy cheeks. Even amidst all their adventures, troubles and strife, said youth is always looking out for their friends, and for that which is 'right' in face of 'evil' and the temptations of the 'wrong'. Because, naturally, innocence is something that needs to be contained. The other is the youth turned more troubled and tortured, impossible and unrelenting, on the cusp of their pubescent explosion. The bigness of emotion and the fires of injustice and rage begin to surface; think Degrassi High or even the bitchy backstabbing and Machiavellian manipulation of The Babysitter's Club. Sweetness is replaced with blots of sadness – suddenly the world is a far more complicated and dissatisfying place – and nobody, nobody, understands. How often, though, do we see youth characters which flit between these boundaries; which avoid the stereotypes of the angst-ridden teen and somehow deal with the fantastical and magical naivety, and wonder, of childhood that they are leaving behind, but which we know never really leaves us? Young people are, after all, a strange and mystifying bunch – their hopes, fears and insecurities are amplified and expressed in the most confusing ways – which somehow makes their contradictions and complexities all the more difficult to navigate. It is easy to see them one way or the other – to simplify them as separate from adults, and in their own chrysalises, waiting to discover their new bodies and emerge as mature men and women of the world. But to wrap flesh around their uncertain bones and to explore the darkness, the dreams and the chaos within – to really look at them, and see them for all that they are as youth – is so much richer, and also so very human, regardless of what we may find. Read the rest of this entry »


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(Cinet)- US travel guide site Smarter Travel has named Ha Long Bay and Son Doong cave from Vietnam in a list of 27 favorite natural wonders in Asia.
(Cinet)- Speaking about the royal worshipping ceremony, it is impossible not to mention the Xa Tac Devotion Ritual that was ranked in the list of the most important among national worshipping ceremonies by the Nguyen Kings.
(Cinet)- Vietnam's Xoan singing in Phu Tho was officially recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in need of urgent protection at the 6th Meeting of the UNESCO on December 24.
(Cinet)-Ban Gioc Waterfall in Viet Nam's northern Cao Bang province has been listed among the world's 15 most amazing waterfalls in the world.
(Cinet)- The karst formation of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park has evolved since the Palaeozoic (over 400 million years ago) and so is the oldest major karst area in Asia.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican presidential candidates sound much alike in their zeal to shrink government, cut taxes and replace President Barack Obama's big health care law with, well, something entirely different. It takes some digging to see the distinctions.
That's when Mitt Romney, for example, emerges a few steps removed from the deeply conservative drift of the pack. Sure, he says constitutional abortion rights should be overturned. But unlike Michele Bachmann and some others, he's not up for clashing with the current Supreme Court over it. Yes, he wants to sweep away regulations that interfere with business. But unlike the slashers and burners, he wants the rules to be "updated and modern," not thrown as a heap in the trash.
Altogether, it's a familiar pattern on the cusp of party primaries. The candidates play to their ideological base so hard that true differences among them are blurred. The presumed favorite caters to the same crowd without getting locked into positions that might prove a disadvantage with the broader and more moderate electorate next fall.
That pattern results in an array of positions that sound good to the true believers but have little or no chance of becoming law. And it can produce flat-out contradictions.
Witness Herman Cain's assertions that no abortions should be allowed — and that the government has no business telling a woman she can't have one. Or the position of several candidates that gay marriage should be outlawed in the Constitution — and that states should be allowed to legalize or prohibit it individually, a right they would not have if the Constitution were so amended.
For all the me-too-isms of the campaign, some ideas stand well apart.
Cain is alone in bringing a national sales tax to the table with his catchy 9-9-9 plan to replace existing federal taxes with a 9 percent charge on personal income, businesses and purchases. Jon Huntsman wants federal authorities — yes, the ones empowered by all those regulations — to become even more aggressive on one aspect of the energy industry, breaking what he sees as an oil-company monopoly in the nation's fuel-distribution network to let natural gas compete more favorably.
And Ron Paul, ever the libertarian, proposes an evisceration of government and a disengagement from military obligations abroad that no others approach.
A look at a sampling of issues, what the candidates share and where they differ:
Health Care:
They all want to try to repeal Obama's overhaul and most propose long-held GOP ideas to make insurance and care more affordable. Expansion of tax-advantaged medical savings accounts, limits on medical lawsuits and deregulation in the insurance industry to let policies be sold across state lines are common threads. None would require people to obtain health insurance, although Romney did just that as Massachusetts governor and Newt Gingrich once supported the idea.
Romney and Gingrich would, though, prohibit insurers from dropping or denying coverage to sick people, a key protection under Obama's law, and they are among several candidates who would subsidize premiums through tax breaks or other means. No one lays out a fully developed plan marching the nation toward universal coverage; the priority is to get rid of "Obamacare." Paul proposes an unfettered free-market system that he hopes would see doctors treating the needy for free.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry says the popular Republican campaign proposal to stretch a fence all along the 1,900-mile U.S.-Mexico border is "idiocy." He joins others in wanting more border agents. Most of the candidates say they support the fence, although some sound half-hearted about it. Huntsman, for one, says a fence might be needed but it "to some extent repulses me." The Republican field mostly opposes giving education benefits or other social services to the children of illegal immigrants; Perry defends Texas's record of doing so.
Bachmann and Paul want to eliminate the Education Department; Gingrich and Rick Santorum would shrink it. Romney once supported closing the department but says he came to see the value of the federal government in "holding down the interests of the teachers' unions." The education overhaul of Republican President George W. Bush has no defenders in the field even though some supported it at the time.
Cutting regulations is a core economic plank of the candidates, especially environmental and energy rules that might constrain development. Some would go further than others. Paul would get rid of most of them — along with nearly half the federal government. Like his rivals, Romney would seek the repeal of the law toughening financial-industry regulations after the meltdown in that sector. But: "We don't want to tell the world that Republicans are against all regulation. No, regulation is necessary to make a free market work. But it has to be updated and modern."
Global warming:
Huntsman might be alone among the candidates in accepting the scientific evidence that humans contribute to global warming. Or, he might not be alone.
Romney declared earlier this year that "I believe the world is getting warmer, and I believe that humans have contributed to that." But he since said, "My view is that we don't know what's causing climate change on this planet."
Paul, too, has equivocated. In 2008, he said "human activity probably does play a role" in global warming and part of the solution should be to stop subsidizing the oil industry and let prices rise until the free market turns to alternate energy sources. Now he calls the science on manmade global warming a "hoax." That puts him in line with Cain ("poppycock"), Santorum ("junk science") and Perry ("scientific theory that has not been proven"), among others.
Two optional flat taxes are in the mix: Perry proposes 20 percent on income for those who want an alternative to the current system; Gingrich proposes 15 percent. Both would preserve mortgage-interest and charitable deductions. Romney works within the existing tax code in proposing that no one with adjusted gross income under $200,000 should be taxed on interest, dividends or capital gains. Apart from Paul, who wants to eliminate the income tax and much of the government, no one has stepped further from the tax code than Cain with his 9 percent rates. Contenders agree that Bush-era tax cuts should continue to be extended, corporate taxes should be substantially lowered and the estate tax eliminated.
Romney says: "I would live within the law, within the Constitution as I understand it, without creating a constitutional crisis. But I do believe Roe v. Wade should be reversed to allow states to make that decision." His bottom line appears to be that states should decide on the legality of abortion. That means the Supreme Court decision affirming abortion rights would have to be overturned by a future court made up of however many justices he could nominate and get confirmed as president. That position is a considerable step short of seeking a constitutional abortion ban, which would allow for no such leeway by the states. But his position on abortion has changed over the years and still does not seem set in stone.
Bachmann, in contrast, has strongly backed state "personhood" initiatives that, if made law, would almost certainly be confronted with a constitutional challenge and she has spoken of using other means, including federal legislation, to try to take on the status quo on abortion.
Perry, too, has modified his position. He now supports a constitutional abortion ban after saying states should decide their own laws on such issues.
Excavating key differences among GOP candidates
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican presidential candidates sound much alike in their zeal to shrink government, cut taxes and replace President Barack Obama's big health care law with, well, something entirely different. It takes some digging to see the distinctions.


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Porter: Hey, Spike! reports on great Copper reunion
Copper Mountain Resort's 40th anniversary reunion and fundraiser turned out to be a smashing success – nearly 500 showed up to make sure the event was memorable.
Former presidents Andy Daly and Harry Mosgrove were there as was the current resort head, Gary Rodgers, who now has the longest tenure in the job.
While last week's Hey, Spike! presented a huge number of Copperites' names – past and present – here are even more:
Molly Hodges Mueller, Chuck and Judy Nichols, Joe and Kari Marco, Jerry and Cheri Divine, Patti Gibbons Welch, Dave Hitchcock, Patti Toth and Dan Burnett, Dwight Landy, Landy Thomson, Joelle and Mike Dorsey, Mike Forbus, Joy Lord, Dave Buchanan, Joe Kellie, Karen Hobbs, Marv and Suzy Spyker, Eddie and Barb Kaupus, Julie Magliocchetti, Susan Thompson, Dick Dick Jacquemard, E.J. Olbright, Duncan Roberts, Mary Beth Burichin, Jim and Laurel Allen, Norm Southen, Annie McKaig, Mickey Hill, Laura Stebins, Tim Boulay, Buzz and Nancy Burke, Alec Garbini, Mikey Meindl, Steve and KK Skulski, Scott McCrea, Tat Litton, Craig McNeil, Jim Shea, Kevin Williams and his Fruita clan, Tyler and Deb Meyers, Lori McGuiness and Pete, brothers Crazy Howard and Wild Bill Clower, Jay Brunvand, Carmen Yonn, Jay Abbott, John Brandt, Roberta McCrerey, sisters Chrissy and Vonda Lewis, Jimbo Deines, Barb Hodson, Barb Cobb, Danny Pins and Shane Orr.
The fundraiser portion of the event benefited Chuck "CJ" Julin, a longtime ski patroller and more recently the executive director of Team Summit, who is recovering nicely from a stroke he suffered last fall.
Ski patrol directors were out in force that evening, starting with the current director, Hagen Lyle. Others there were, from first to last, Kevin Williams, Andy Daly, Bill Murphy, Duffy Wilson, Chuck Tolton and Sam Parker. The only one missing was Kent Birdell, who was between Andy and Bill.
Another highlight was Jordan Schultz, granddaughter of early-on resort investor Paul Bailey, now 93 and recovering from recent surgery. Paul and Lew Stevens, with The Bailey Co., had a large chain of Arby's, one of which was in Copper Junction.
Jordan addressed the group.
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Reading a Denver Post article by Scott Willoughby about the recent federal designation of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument down near Taos brought to the fore more of the Streit flyfishing family.
Up in Breckenridge, Jackson Streit of Mountain Anglers is well known on the area's Gold Medal waters, but down in the Land of Enchantment, it's his brother Taylor and nephew Nick. Taylor is a Hall of Fame Guide and author of "Instinctive FlyFishing." Nick owns the Taos Flyfishing Shop and is president of the Enchanted Circle Chapter of Trout Unlimited.
Taos easily qualifies as New Mexico's flyfishing epicenter, yet river access points surrounded by towering rock walls are enough to keep many anglers away from areas where wild brown, rainbow and Rio Grande cutthroat trout grow to several pounds and more than 20 inches long.
"That's the whole idea behind the national monument status – to keep it just the way it is," Nick tells Scott. "That's the best part, knowing that nothing will change."
It took decades to get the feds to approve the monument status.
In a similar push, Salida is working to get Brown's Canyon on the Arkansas River recognized as a national monument.
Miles F. Porter IV, nicknamed "Spike," a Coloradan since 1949, is an Army veteran, former Climax miner, graduate of Adams State College and a local since 1982. An award-winning investigative reporter, he and wife Mary E. Staby owned newspapers here for 20 years. E-mail your social info to email@example.com.
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A new video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation shows voters who care, how and why Obamanomics is a dismal failure. The approximately 6 minute long video offers a clear and concise explanation of how the tax and spend solutions that President Obama offered to stimulate our economy had the exact opposite effect.
The video explains everything from how the President's first $800 billion stimulus package failed to produce jobs, to how cash for clunkers proved to be a clunker that left America $1.4 billion poorer, and how other liberal endorsed Obama policies, rules, and regulations cost us more in jobs and capital than they created.
This short documentary also goes beyond simply explaining how Obama's economic policies have failed us, it also goes right to the heart of the President's attempt to make us believe his false logic behind the argument that while things may not be good, his policies have prevented them from being worse than they would have been had those policies not been enacted. The narrator in the video explains how that while President Obama would have you believe that he inherited the worst since the Great Depression, the truth is that the economy who took control over in 2009 was still in better shape than the economy that Ronald Reagan from Democrats in 1981. In this video you will even see how despite inheriting economic circumstances that were far worse than those facing Barack in 2009, in 1981 Ronald Reagan and his policies improved the nations economy at a far faster pace than Obamanomics has. It shows how while economic growth under Ronald Reagan was at 5.6% under Obama it has been that rate has been stuck at a painfully sluggish pace of 2.2%. As for unemployment, while Reaganomics decreased the it by as much a% during his first three years in office, Obamanomics has brought down by a mere 1.8 percentage points. And while inflation was reaching double digits when Reagan came to office, he cut that rising rate by two-thirds and got it down to 3.5%. Under Barack Obama, inflation has in creased by 1.7%.
After seeing this video you will understand that for the last three and a half years, the only thing Barack Obama has succeeded to do is suppress the type of recovery which this nation uses experiences after a recession. In the past the deeper the recession, the more robust the recovery is. But Barack Obama has upended that historic reality. Thanks to him and the liberal led Congress, America is in the midst of slowest economic recovery ever.
So sit back and watch this informative video. It will not only give you a better understanding of the issue, it will also help you to see exactly how big a liar our President is.
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Eyewitness Booze Investigation: Smirnoff Fluffed Marshmallow and Whipped Cream Vodkas
Pull up a stool next to your drinking buddy Will.
It's finally turned winter in Boston, so I had to trade my bike in for a bus pass. This was initially devastating, but then I realized it was an excuse to get one of those superphones that prevent you from ever making accidental eye contact with a fellow human being. So that was good, until it led to more bad: You know all those people staring at their phones on the bus? I'd always assumed they were looking at porn or reading Serious Eats, but it turns out they're busy beating the hell out of me at Words with Friends, the fake Scrabble game that is disproving everything I thought I knew about the English language, things such as "Will has a firm command of it" and "Quok is not a word."
I'm not a really competitive person. I think that's partly because I know what I'm good at and what I'm not, so I don't need my strengths and weaknesses reinforced by a scoreboard. There are certain things at which I excel—such as making soup and reading magazines—and then there are most of the other things, such as securing funding for my soup and magazine shop. But my self-assessment was embarrassingly off when it came to Words with Friends. Since I manage to burn through 900 words a week on the way to saying "This rum was kinda gross but also kinda OK for the price," I had assumed I'd be able to win a single frigging game of Words with Friends. Turns out not to be the case.
But this newfound source of constant failure hasn't bothered me that much yet, because I've counterbalanced it by adding a new strength: I am the world's foremost authority on talking Bottom Shelf research coordinator Emily into marriage. The reception's going to be sometime this summer or fall or maybe next summer or fall—or perhaps in 2014—probably someplace watery (I like our shower, she's angling for Cape Cod), and you're all invited. That much has been settled, but there's still one significant detail to be ironed out: the cake.
I don't care for cake. Or at least there's always something on the menu that I care for more. I don't eat much cake for the same reason I don't drink much Scotch: when they're around, I'm usually busy with pie or bourbon. Anyhow, I'm willing to compromise on the shower wedding, which makes her refusal to replace the wedding cake with a multi-tiered shepherd's pie downright unreasonable, but I will sacrifice mashed potato frosting for love.
So we've got some basic parameters to work with here. She wants a wedding cake that isn't tacky or expensive or made out of lamb; I want one that isn't really a wedding cake. Smirnoff has an idea. What about supplanting the cake with shots from their ever-weirdening line of flavored vodkas?
You can now get your Smirnoff in well over a dozen flavors, including White Grape, Pomegranate, Root Beer, and Espresso. Still no Gravy or Wedding Cake, though, so I decided to start my quest with Whipped Cream and Fluffed Marshmallow.
They're both 60 proof, which I think is a good sign. It seems to me that the 50 to 60 proof range is about as high as budget-priced flavored liquor can be trusted to go. That gives the added flavor a fighting chance to overpower the cheap booze on which the whole enterprise is based. Most of the flavorings turn out to be gross on their own, of course, but I'd rather taste crappy artificial blueberry juice than crappy vodka. Since Smirnoff's vodka-flavored vodka's supposed to be pretty good, I thought I might like their other flavors.
Research fiancé Emily was at her other job when this tasting went down, so I poured myself a shot of each and carried them into the writing and drinking room. By the time I got around to the drinking part I'd forgotten which sample was which, and I couldn't make a definitive diagnosis by nose alone. That bodes ill for A) my ability to complete simple non-soupmaking tasks without Emily and B) these flavors' justification for existence.
I repoured and resniffed, but even when I knew the answers I had a hard time telling them apart. Both Fluffed Marshmallow and Whipped Cream smell like they should be called Artificial Vanilla Sweetener. The minor distinctions are that Whipped Cream smells a bit more like alcohol, and Fluffed Marshmallow smells like the name was changed from Cotton Candy after a last minute focus group.
But that aside, I must say Whipped Cream tastes all right. It's too sweet, but not as too-sweet as it smells (do I say that every week?), has just enough kick to remind you it's 60 proof vodka, and tastes like pleasant and boring cake frosting from a can.
Fluffed Marshmallow's pretty rough stuff, though. I will concede that there's more stale marshmallow flavor than I expected, but it's not a nice flavor. The taste is heavy-handed and ultrachemical, and while it manages to mask the vodka, it's in that defeatist way that too much ketchup can mask a burned hamburger.
I think traditional cake might now be the frontrunner at our wedding reception, though it wouldn't wreck the party if we paired Smirnoff Whipped Cream with one of the lesser soup courses.
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We're back, taking it to the tweets and tearing an unsuspecting Netflix-able movie a new one. And, once again, you guys decide which film gets to feel our collective wrath.
Just like we did two weeks ago (when The Matrix: Reloaded got the nod) I've picked five likely subjects — all of which are available on Netflix Watch Instantly — and whichever gets the most votes will receive the honor of our merciless, merciless love.
So, vote below, and be sure to follow @io9commentary and the #io9moviemonday hashtag. We'll all see you tonight at 9:30pm EST!


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This newsreel features the Queen and Prince Philip visiting Catterick Camp and the Great Yorkshire Show in 1957. The film includes a commentary throughout.
This is an idyllic film by Charles Chislett that captures four children holidaying with their families in the Yorkshire Dales. The filmmaker shows his son and daughter and two other little girls as they wander around and play in the many famous landmarks such as Buttertubs Pass, Aysgarth Falls and historic towns such as Richmond. The film also captures the process of making Wenslydale cheese. Intertitles are used throughout the film to identify the different areas that the families visit in the Yorkshire Dales. There are also extensive views of the surrounding countryside.
This is the second part of the film made by Charles Chislett for the C.P.A.S. (See also 350). It looks at the technological changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. There is no reference or allusion to the C.P.A.S., the Church or Christianity.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of his family at home and on visits to countryside and seaside. It features daughter Rachel, son John, and two young friends (seen in Dale Days). They visit Ingleton waterfalls and Castlerigg stone circle.
Made by Charles Chislett, this is a film of a family holiday in the Lake District. The film includes many scenic views of the Lake District which are accompanied with descriptive intertitles.
This is a film by Charles Chislett of his family at home and visiting a nearby farm where they observe typical farm life. The film features Chislett's daughter Rachel and other small children playing in the garden and at Christmas.
This is a film showing some aspects of life and farming around harvest time in the area around Great Ayton in North Yorkshire.
This is a film of the Surgey family at home and on a caravanning holiday in Filey.
This film contains footage from part one of a chronicle of the activities of Alderman Cecil Barnett, the Lord Mayor of Bradford. The film was taken between 1944 and 1945 and includes footage of Holidays at Home events and a gymkhana at Odsal stadium.
This film follows the activities of Lord Mayor of Bradford, Alderman Cecil Barnett, between 1944 and 1945. It includes views of Churchill visiting Bradford and wartime agricultural activities.
This film, from the Kathleen Lockwood collection, contains a variety of footage from religious school processions, May Day Queen Processions, a visit by Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip to Huddersfield, and shots of some firemen testing water hoses.
Part of the Kathleen Lockwood collection, this film features The Great Yorkshire Show in Harrogate, Harewood House near Leeds, and a bird zoo.
This amateur film about Filey was made by Kathleen Lockwood and contains footage of Filey, its fishermen, and the surrounding countryside. There are also shots of Holker Hall in Cumbria and the Honley Show in Huddersfield in 1978.
This is a short film of the Arthington Agricultural Show. The show, which is staged on a site by the railway near the Wharfedale Hotel, includes a Shire horse show and sheep dog trials.
This film features the artwork of acclaimed sculptor Austin Wright and gives a fascinating insight into the methods and inspiration behind some of his most recognizable pieces. The film highlights the evolution of Wright's style as well as his use of different raw materials to produce sculptures which act as analogies to elements in nature and even anatomy that have inspired him and his work. The film also features rare images of the sculptor at work in his back shed creating and arranging various pieces for display.
This is a video produced to commemorate the Bilsdale Centenary Show which took place at Thornhill-Chopgate on the 26th August, 1995. Interviews with those involved take the place of a commentary. It is filmed by Alan Tinley and Ted Parker of ATV productions, Middleton-in-Teesdale.
This is a film made under the direction of Dr J A R Bickford, the Physician Superintendent of De La Pole Hospital, Willerby, to show good practice in the care of long term psychiatric patients. Using illustrations from the work of the Hospital, the film advances a policy of rehabilitation of patients through activity, especially sport, and interacting with the wider society. Dr J A R Bickford provides a commentary.
Made by the Educational Foundation for Visual Aids, this is a promotional and educational film highlighting the various industries and tourist destinations in Yorkshire.
This film shows the first few years of a new concept in British agriculture – co-operative farming. Three farmers from the Rotherham area have integrated their farms into the Thrybergh Farming Company. The film includes footage of those three farms as well as the various livestock they look after and the many crops which they plant and harvest.
Part of the Yorkshire Media Consortium project, Roots follows two allotment holders in Doncaster over the course of a year, watching how they work and finding out why they do it.
'Home Grown' is a film about life-style, personal choice and principles. Set in the fields of Brickyard Farm, Ackworth, West Yorkshire, Home Grown tells the story of an organic farmer John Brook who forms an unusual attachment with eco-activists. Home Grown is shot at the third annual Northern Green Gathering and captures the spirit and hope of a growing contemporary culture of grass roots activism.
This is a documentary by Vera Media Production, part of the Yorkshire Media Consortium project, about the rhubarb growing in West Yorkshire. It features the Oldroyd's Farm, and through Robin Hood's School and local historians, it tells the story of rhubarb in the past and today.
This is a documentary by members of the 1812 Youth Theatre Group, made with the help of Yorvid Productions as part of the Yorkshire Media Consortium project. It features lots of interviews with farmers and others in the area of Rufforth village and Helmsley, north of York, about the BSE outbreak of the time, and about the farming industry in general.
This is a film made by the Rev. David Simpson of the National Garden Festival in Stoke-On-Trent.
In his film The East Riding, filmmaker A.R. Smith focuses on the industrial landscape of the Riding including the agriculture and fishing industries. Also featured is the architecture in Beverley, Hull, and the villages in the surrounding area.


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McCaskill's War Contracting Measure Clears Senate
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - The U.S. Senate has passed a defense bill that includes wartime contracting provisions sought by Sen. Claire McCaskill.
The Democratic senator from Missouri says the bill would "bring some real accountability to wartime contracts." But Tuesday's Senate vote is not the end of the matter. The provisions still must survive a joint conference committee of House and Senate members, and then receive final approval from both chambers.
The legislation restricts pass-through contracts, in which more than half the labor costs are carried out by subcontractors not specifically identified in the contract.
McCaskill says the measure also will create additional oversight responsibilities for inspectors general that look into overseas military operations and bring greater transparency and competition to the contracting process.


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Those who have read Chizu Saeki's The Japanese Skincare Revolution would have come across her information regarding how our facial contour will lose its definition when the lymph flow is lazy around our ears and neck. Hence, it is recommended that we stimulate those lymph nodes to drain fluid build-up.
Drainage system to absorb and remove toxins
For those who don't know, the lymph system is a complex network comprising lymph nodes, lymph ducts and lymph vessels and one of its main functions is to act as a drainage system to absorb and remove waste and toxins from our body. However, our lifestyles, coupled with diet and stress may cause the waste to accumulate and our facial lymph system to become sluggish. Hence, drainage of toxins becomes slower and waste build up, causing our face to become puffy and our skin to suffer. This is why most facial massages focus on unblocking the lymph nodes to activate the lymph, purge the toxins, clean the tissues and stimulate circulation.
Most of the lymph nodes are in the neck
There are lots of lymph nodes in our facial region and in fact, I read that half of the lymph nodes in our body are in our neck. These are the four key lymph nodes highlighted in The Japanese Skincare Revolution:
1. Behind the ears – parotid lymph nodes
2. The sides of the neck – cervical lymph nodes
3. Above the collarbones – supraclaicular lymphy nodes
4. Armpits – axillary lymph nodes
Regular massages for healthy lymph nodes
It is said that regular lymphatic drainage massages can help us maintain a smooth flow of fluid, healthy lymph nodes, and of course, better skin. However, I've found the massages recommended by Chizu Saeki to be somewhat difficult and troublesome, since we need some amount of lubrication. So instead of massaging, I'm going to share with you an easier method using pinching and tapping.
Step 1
Use your thumb and press the lymph nodes in the hollows behind your ears seven times.
Step 2
Use your index finger and thumb, pinch the sides of your neck in an upward outward direction seven times.
Step 3
Use your four fingers and tap the hollows of your collarbones seven times.
Step 4
Use your four fingers and tap your armpit area seven times.
I picked these pinching and tapping techniques from my facial sessions and have been doing it on and off, whenever I remember them. If you like to keep your facial lymph nodes healthy and are comfortable with the idea, then join me in doing these for a fresher looking complexion!


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Chichen Itza is located in the eastern part of the state of Yucatan, Mexico. It is one of the most visited archaeological sites in Mexico with more than a million visitors a year. The name means "at the mouth of the well of Itza." It was one of the largest of the ancient Mayan cities. Its ruins are maintained by Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History. El Castillo Pyramid dominates the site but there are hundreds of stone buildings and causeways to explore including the Temple of Warriors with its beautiful columns.
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Aristocratic and sheltered, yet adventurous and full of life. Romantic and naïve, yet selfish and manipulative. Sympathetic, yet difficult to forgive. Given that all those facets are characteristic of the titular heroine of Tolstoy's venerated novel, is it any wonder that Keira Knightley was eager yet terrified to take on "Anna Karenina?"
Sweetening the gig was the fact that Knightley would reunite with director Joe Wright for their third collaboration, having previously scored big together with 2005's "Pride & Prejudice" and 2007's "Atonement." Knightley reveals both the anticipation and the fear that mingled when she signed on to play one of classic literature's most complicated female characters.
Anna Karenina has been done so many times on stage and screen. What attracted you to the role, and what about Joe Wright's vision made it appeal to you?
I first read the book when I was about 19. Obviously, anyone would go 'Gosh, that's an amazing character.' When Joe phoned me up, I think we'd had a conversation when we were doing 'Atonement' about great female roles and how few there are and we were trying to name them and Anna Karenina definitely came up within that conversation.
So he phoned me about two years ago, when I was working on 'A Dangerous Method,' and he just went '"Anna Karenina?"' and I went 'Yup.' And he went 'Okay, we'll only do it if Tom Stoppard does the adaptation,' and I went 'Okay,' and he said 'Okay – I'll phone you back.' Two months later, he was like 'Okay, Tom's doing it,' and I was like 'Great!' So that was it. The script obviously wasn't there yet – It was purely on the potential of what that story and that character and that collaboration could be.
When did the bold stylistic choices Joe made in the telling of the story get on your radar?
When the script was first written and when we first started talking about it, it was going to be a completely naturalistic telling and it didn't turn into this stylized thing until ten weeks before we started shooting when he phoned me up and said 'I've got something to tell you…' I went into his office and it was this kind of madman's lair of these weird drawings and storyboards everywhere and he said 'Right – We're going to set it in a theater.'
I think if I'd been working with somebody that I didn't know, that would have been totally terrifying and the alarm bells would have been ringing. Because I do know him and we've worked together so many times and there is an implicit trust there, I think the reason I wanted to work with him at all on this was because he was never going to do something just straight. Even when you look at 'Pride and Prejudice,' it was deeply naturalistic in that everybody was kind of scruffy and the hemlines were a bit off and there was mud over everything. It was a very different telling.
Is there something that you wanted to do with the character that wasn't necessarily in the pages of the book?
No. I mean, I think within the pages of the book, it's so massively open to different interpretations anyway, and partly because he does write from inside her head, but often he doesn't. Often he writes from outside, judging her and describing her. And I think because of that judgment and that description, it means that there are lots of different interpretations. When I first read it when I was 19, I only remember her being innocent – I don't remember judging her at all; I don't remember seeing her as being in any way guilty. And I read it again last year before we started shooting, and when I see this at 26 because I was, I suddenly see this differently.
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I see her as being much darker. I think her moral culpability is constantly in question. I think she is held up to be condemned at certain points. I think she's also held up to be loved and to be understood and to be sympathized with. But I think the relationship with her is quite a complex one for the reader, and I think because of that, it's open to a lot of different interpretations. I didn't go necessarily out of the book in trying to go how am I going to play this role. I think I tried to understand as far as I thought what her function within the book was and therefore what her function could be in the film fashion. And I thought that kind of moral ambiguity was a really interesting one to play around with.
What parts of Anna's life could you relate to and what parts were far away from yourself?
I think she's a terrifying character, and she's terrifying because you do judge her and you try and throw stones at her, and then you go 'Am I any better than her?' And I think the answer for everybody is 'No.' I think it's because you go 'Are we all occasionally deceitful?' 'Yes.' 'Are we all occasionally manipulative?' 'Yes.' 'Do we all hurt the people whom we love the most?' They are the people that we hurt the most. None of us are better than her. None of us have a right to judge her, and yet we do – and that's terrifying.
When I talk about the kind of complex relationship that you have with that character, I think that's because of it. It really makes you go "I am no better than this person that I am judging." It's quite a terrifying mirror, I think, it holds up to human beings in general. So I think as far as the love goes within her, I think it's completely understandable. You have a woman that's been married since she was 18. She gets to 28. She's never had an orgasm. She's never experienced romance. Of course, she suddenly feels lust for the first time. She suddenly has a taste of romance for the first time, and she equates that with love – and only that with love.
She doesn't see that there is many different forms of love and that that is a honeymoon period that will change into something else, and that's her great tragedy. As soon as that bit, that little honeymoon period bit starts to change, she thinks the love has disappeared, and therefore, she thinks that he is cheating on her, and therefore she thinks that the whole relationship is doomed and that she's been left alone, and actually, it's different. It's that she just doesn't understand what's going on. And I think that's understandable. We all know serial romantics. Probably we've been there at certain points.
The costumes were magnificent – how much of you loves all the costuming and all that attention to detail and is there a part of you that is "Ugh – another layer"?
It adds two hours to the day, so you're shooting a 12-hour day and suddenly you do have to come in two hours before for hair, make-up, costume and it takes an hour to get out of it. So you're adding three hours to a 12-hour day, which is just mandatory if you're doing period pieces or fantasy pieces.
So there is that added thing and you do get to the end of a job like this and go 'I really don't want to do a period film for a while because I'm f**king exhausted.' But the whole process, and particularly with Jacqueline [Durran, the costume designer], [was a] process of building that character from the ground up. Every one of those costumes had an amazing amount of symbolism within it – they were all totally part of telling that story. She was a caged bird, so that idea of the symbol of the cage being that and the cage underneath the dress that you see at the end and then the veils, the idea of keeping death close to her at all times so she's wrapped in fur, she's got dead birds in her hair, the jewelry is the hardest of all stones that could slit her throat at any moment.
And keeping sex there all the time so you've got these dresses that look like they've got lingerie coming through or falling off, and one of the dresses was actually made of bed linen because we wanted to keep that post-coital kind of thing there the whole time, the dress that she dies in.
Was there anything that you, as Keira, just loved to wear?
F**k no! I mean, hey, I would have liked to keep the diamonds! That would have been quite fun, but I didn't get to keep them.
What's around the corner for you?
I got to the end of 'Anna Karenina' and realized that I'd been sort of doing pieces of work that were incredibly dark and I pretty much died in a lot of them for five years. I wanted this year to be the year of positivity and pure entertainment. So, I did one film called 'Can a Song Save Your Life,' which is about friendship and making an album and possibilities. And 'Jack Ryan' is a really great, old school, Hollywood thriller and a piece of pure entertainment, and hopefully it will be just that.


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If passed, LSCS bond will not change tax rate
Voters within the Lone Star College System will face a $498 million bond election on May 11 that would expand facilities throughout the system to accommodate a growing student body.
The college system's board on Feb. 20 voted to authorize the bond election that will not change the property tax rate if passed, college district officials said. The tax rate is $0.1198.
The bond includes financing for learning facilities at each campus – projects that were prioritized and outlined by a group of citizen leaders as part of their recommendation to the board, according to an LSCS press release.
Since 2008 when district voters last passed a bond issue, LSCS has added more than 30,000 students.
"The enrollment growth at Lone Star College System is unprecedented," said Richard Carpenter, LSCS chancellor.
If approved, the bond issue would allow an addition of 1 million square feet of instructional and support building space, along with related infrastructure, to its colleges and centers. LSCS also plans to renovate 255,000 square feet of space. Carpenter said in a press release that bond referendum money can only be used for construction and not for operating expenses. Early voting is set for April 29–May 7. More information will be made available at LoneStar.eduBond2013. In addition to the bond election, three trustee positions are on the ballot.
LSCS includes LSC-CyFair, LSC-Kingwood, LSC-Montgomery, LSC-North Harris, LSC-Tomball and LSC-University Park, five centers, LSC-University Center at Montgomery, LSC-University Center at University Park, Lone Star Corporate College, and LSC-Online.


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The Medieval Crime Museum in Rothenburg comprises two buildings containing several hundred exhibits from all over the German-speaking world.
These artefacts illustrate how the judicial system developed from the High Middle Ages through to the 19th century. Displays shed light on medieval trials, instruments of torture and the tools used to inflict pain or to execute. The civil policy orders reveal how even the most private spheres of people's lives were controlled by regulations on clothing, marriage and baptism.
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Real-Estate News: Silverstein Seeks New Debt Deal for WTC
Here is a look at real-estate news from Wednesday's WSJ, including the Property Report:
Silverstein Seeks New Debt Deal for WTC: Larry Silverstein, the 82-year-old developer who has played a major role in rebuilding the World Trade Center complex, is trying to wrangle better financing from government agencies to restart work on a $2.3 billion office tower on the New York site, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Health-Care Law's Real Beneficiary: As the Affordable Care Act alters the nation's health-care landscape, business groups are closely watching to see who gets helped or hurt by the new law. In the real-estate world, one group appears to be emerging a clear winner: owners of medical-office space.
Living Beats Working in Postcrash Dubai: Developers are restarting projects that stalled after 2008, but the new landscape is increasingly residential.
D.R. Horton Hears a Sale, Home-Builder Stocks Jump: D.R. Horton Inc., the largest U.S. home builder by homes sold, sounded a bullish note to the early start of the spring home-selling season by announcing that strong sales were enabling it to raise prices.


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The amplifier is the heart of any Hi-Fi system, taking in many source components and allowing you to select which you listen to, with control over volume. It is however not the most important part of the system, that will always be the source. If you do not get all of the detail from your records,CD or broadcast then it can not be recovered further down the line.
Some of the latest amplifiers allow you to connect to your home computer network and stream music directly from your Network storage drives and computers, then of course the amplifier is the most important part of the system as it is the source as well.
At the higher performance levels you will notice that the amplifiers are split into two units, pre-amplifiers and power-amplifiers, both then ideally suited to the tasks of providing control over the small delicate signals entering the amplifier and producing clean high power output to drive your loudspeakers.
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Charlie Villanueva has starter`s mentality for Detroit Pistons
Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva has been preparing himself for a starting role this summer. Jonas Jerebko appears to be the odds-on favorite to be Detroit's starting small forward, but Villanueva plans on challenging for the job. "That's my mentality – to be a starter," Villanueva said.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: It's a delicate balance for Charlie Villanueva.
On the one hand, it's a positive that Charlie 'V' wants to start. The forward surely wants to redeem himself after his poor 2010, and prove he's worth the five-year, $35 million free agent pact he signed.
On the other hand, Villanueva's individual goals may get in the way of the Detroit Pistons' goal of improving. And Ben Gordon, Rip Hamilton, Tracy McGrady, and Tayshaun Prince are preparing for comeback campaigns of their own.
There are only so many shots. And there are only so many minutes.
With Gordon, Hamilton, and T-Mac looking to score, Villanueva may not get many opportunities. And the former Connecticut Husky isn`t much good unless he`s filling up the bucket.
Perhaps Villanueva should reconsider what he wants to achieve in 2011. This would be good for him and the Pistons.
–Oly Sandor.
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In this talk, I will first present the definition and some of the classical properties of Castelnuovo-Mumford regularity. Then we will turn to some known results and open questions on estimates for this invariant, when the base ring is a field. Next, we present a case where working over a more general base ring is very useful. Finally, if time permits, extensions of this notion to more general ones will be motivated and briefly described.No Notes/Supplements Uploaded No Video Files Uploaded


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CLC Assembly Cell
A high-performance computing solution for mapping reads to a reference and de novo assembly of next-generation sequencing data.
With the command-line interface of CLC Assembly Cell, you can easily include these functionalities in scripts and other next generation sequencing workflows. It is easy to install on your desktop computer or a larger compute cluster.
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BenchmarkingThe latest version of CLC Assembly Cell introduces tools for error-correction and de novo assembly of raw PacBio reads. High quality assemblies can be generated in a fraction of the time that is needed by leading alternatives. CLC Assembly Cell consumes less than 10 percent of the memory used by alternative solutions, while completing the assembly faster.
We compared the performance of the industry standard HGAP1 when run on a high performance computer to the performance of a De Novo Assembly workflow in CLC Assembly Cell. Please note that our De Novo Assembly Pipeline was run on a standard laptop for this comparison.
CLC Assembly Cell is accelerated through advanced algorithm implementations: they use the SIMD instruction set to parallelize and accelerate compute intensive parts of the algorithms, and make the software one of the fastest and most accurate packages for NGS data analysis on the market.
Features in CLC Assembly Cell
Cluster support
Multiple CLC Assembly Cells can be run in parallel on a multi-node cluster.
In practice, almost every cluster is set up differently, and we therefore don't provide an off-the-shelf solution that is guaranteed to work on your computer cluster. Instead we provide a free to download, free to use, and free to modify Perl script, as an example.
Job node distribution for CLC Assembly Cell
Multiple CLC Assembly Cells can be run in parallel on a multi-node cluster and as almost every cluster is set up differently, we provide the below free to download, free to use, and free to modify Perl script as an example. Please note that this is not an off-the-shelf solution that is guaranteed to work on your computer cluster but you are welcome to adjust it to fit your needs.
The script cluster_schedule distributes jobs defined in the schedule file on a number of nodes. An example could be distribution of CLC Assembly Cell reference assembly jobs. This requires an installation of CLC Assembly Cell on each node, and the best performance is reached if the reference sequence is stored locally on each node.
Each job is a list of commands which cluster_schedule will run in order on one node. If one of the commands in a job fails (error code is not zero) no more commands in the job is executed and the job is considered failed. If all commands in a job complete successfully (error codes are zero) the job is a success.
The nodes the jobs are run on can be defined on the command line or in the schedule_file. The nodes defined in command line replace all nodes defined in the schedule_file.
Each job is run on one node and each command is executed on the node using ssh.
Therefore, to use cluster_schedule make sure that all nodes are set up to use automatic ssh authentication.
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